Tag: Sarita Devi

New Delhi:Veteran boxer M.C. Mary Kom entered the quarter-finals while Sarita Devi lost her bout to crash out of the World Women’s Boxing Championship here on Sunday. Mary registered a unanimous 5:0 win over Kazakhstan’s Aigerim Kassenayeva in the flyweight category (48kg). Sarita, on the other hand, lost by a 2:3 split decision to Ireland’s […]

Boxer Sarita Devi, who had refused to accept her Asian Games bronze medal, was on Wednesday banned for one year by the world body AIBA, putting an end to the prolonged suspense over her fate following the controversial protest

The organising committee of Asian Games on Thursday said that Indian boxer L Sarita Devi's refusal to accept her bronze medal during the ceremony was "regretful and against the spirit of sportsmanship" and the matter has now landed in the doorsteps of Olympic Council of Asia

A huge controversy broke out on Wednesday at the Asian Games when India's woman boxer Sarita Devi returned her bronze medal, protesting against her controversial loss to a South Korean, inviting a possible suspension for defiance

New Delhi: India Open gold medalists Sarita Devi (60kg), Neeraj (57kg) and Jamuna Boro (54kg) find themselves among 10 women boxers selected to represent India as the three-day trials for the AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships came to an end at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Thursday. Six-time world champion Mary Kom (51kg) and […]

Ulan-Ude (Russia): Former world champion Sarita Devi’s campaign came to an early end at the ongoing women’s World Boxing Championships here on Sunday after she was overpowered in the 60 kg category by Russia’s Natalia Shadrina in the Round of 32 bout. Fourth seed Sarita got off to a strong start but Shadrina, who is […]

Ulan-Ude (Russia): Former world champion Sarita Devi (60kg) and Nandini (81kg) were both knocked out of the ongoing women’s World Boxing Championships in their first round bouts. Sarita and Nandini lost by unanimous decisions to their Russian and German opponents, respectively, in what has been a disappointing day for Indian boxers in Ulan-Ude, Russia. Twenty-year-old […]

New Delhi: Indian boxer Sarita Devi and her husband Thoiba Singh have tested positive for coronavirus. In an interview with IANS, Sarita’s husband Thoiba said, “Sarita and me were tested Covid positive today. We will go to the COVID centre now, since home quarantine is not allowed here. Till this very moment there are no […]